Lot Essay
The present work is inscribed 'Stieglitz Collection' by Alfred Stieglitz and numbered '13' with the 'Collection A.S.' stamp on the reverse and on the original backing.
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Old Houses, Chartres
Details
John Marin (1870-1953)
Old Houses, Chartres
signed and dated 'Marin/08' (lower right)
watercolor on paper
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.) (image size); 10¼ x 13½ in. (26 x 34.3 cm.) (sheet size)
Old Houses, Chartres
signed and dated 'Marin/08' (lower right)
watercolor on paper
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.) (image size); 10¼ x 13½ in. (26 x 34.3 cm.) (sheet size)
Provenance
Alfred Stieglitz, New York.
Estate of the artist.
Cape Split Place, Inc., Addison, Maine.
Private collection, San Francisco, California, acquired from the above, 1980.
Estate of the artist.
Cape Split Place, Inc., Addison, Maine.
Private collection, San Francisco, California, acquired from the above, 1980.
Literature
American Art Research Council, no. 101-X.
S. Reich, John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné, Tucson, Arizona, 1970, p. 331, no. 08.14.
S. Reich, John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné, Tucson, Arizona, 1970, p. 331, no. 08.14.
Exhibited
New York, 291, Watercolors by John Marin and Sketches in Oil by Alfred Maurer, March - April 1909, no. 2.
New York, An American Place, n.d., no. 107.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, John Marin: Watercolors, Oil Paintings, Etchings, October - November 1936, no. 2.
Addison, Maine, Cape Split Place Inc., John Marin: The Etchings and Related Oils, Drawings and Watercolors, August 1 - October 1, 1980.
Seattle, Washington, University of Seattle, 1982.
New York, An American Place, n.d., no. 107.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, John Marin: Watercolors, Oil Paintings, Etchings, October - November 1936, no. 2.
Addison, Maine, Cape Split Place Inc., John Marin: The Etchings and Related Oils, Drawings and Watercolors, August 1 - October 1, 1980.
Seattle, Washington, University of Seattle, 1982.